Hardware/software you have that no one talks about.

Arbystpossum

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Jan 8, 2024
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I occasionally search Youtube for specific hardware or software and see if anyone has done a video about them, and even after all of these years, the answer is still No. At times, someone will make a video about something I never could have imagined.

Do you have a piece of hardware that hasn't been discussed by anyone, big or small? Either because it's extremely rare, common, or uninteresting to most people? Perhaps you have a game that you really enjoy that no one has done a deep dive on for similar reasons?

For myself, a piece of hardware I have is an OrangePC 660. It's a PCI card with an entire PC on it, made for Macintosh computers so that can run Windows on a hardware level. I've seen people talk about Apple DOS compatibility cards, but not these, and definitely not this particular one. I haven'y heard of a card like this that has its own on-board GPU.

A game I've always loved but barely hear anyone talk about is a DOS game called BattleDrome. It's a 1vs1 Mech combat game, but it has some pretty interesting mechanics the more played it. I've seen a few people on Youtube play it a few times, so people know it exists, but it doesn't seem to be anyones favorite for sure.

I'm thrilled when people cover something new and strange, I didn't know Macintosh PC compatability cards existed until I saw LGR cover one in his Powermac 6100 video. What an insane world that opened up, computers inside of computers. How about you?
 
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stepleton

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Not many people talk about the Whitechapel MG-1 workstation, or about the NS32016 CPU that powered it. That's probably one of the more obscure items in my collection. Whitechapel stuff isn't even on Bitsavers despite some very low-effort lobbying to get it there.